HELP! What Kind of Boa???

I need help! I know that this is going to sound really ignorant but it is what it is :) When a family member could no longer care for their snake they came to me for a possible home. Long story short we ended up taking it home and it has worked out great, but we were told it was a Rainbow Boa and I didn't even second guess it because I could see the rainbow effect it had when in the direct sunlight. I decided to look around the web for pictures of other rainbow boas to compare with ours and quickly realized that I couldn't find any that looked like it at all!! I started looking at TONS of pics to try and figure it out but there are SOOO many! PLease let me know what you think!!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...bruce/1-15.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...bruce/2-14.jpg

Best guess is just a standard boa constrictor imperator.

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Originally Posted by Chandler reptiles

Best guess is just a standard boa constrictor imperator.

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Yes, they do have some "rainbows" in the sun also.
Definitely not a rainbow boa. :)

Maybe a Columbian Red Tail?

This is your common colombian "red-tail" boa. The rainbow effect is just iridescence from light interacting with the scales, not the type of boa.

I think it's that phone game, some one says "red tail" boa, then on down the line it turns into Rainbow boa. They kinda sound the same right? ;)

Im not an expert, but that definitely does not look like a normal BCI

Yeah so that's just a normal Bci, has a great pattern though.

look at how clean the pattern is, and very reduced, and almost no speckling

I think it's a Bci. The head size relative to the body size indicates a Bci (Bcc's seem to have a larger head relative to body size), also, the body is a little bit more oval shaped and so suggests Bci, also, it seems to have large and noticeable jaw muscles that are not so noticeable in Bcc's.

So, I think it is a Bci with maybe a little bit of a specific locale thrown in...?

I'll agree...very nice looking BCI. =)

Thanks everyone! I tried to figure it out myself just by looking at pictures but couldn't find any that matched all his traits enough to say for sure it was the same kind. I thought with the tons of different snake pics I would have to come across one snake that closely resembled him :) I am going to look also, but so do BCIs get bigger than a rainbow would? If that's the case then I guess I have some preparing to do! :p

Most BCI will stay smaller than some of the BCC, my BCI pair isn't much over 5 foot. The rainbow boas tend to be a longer slender snake compared to the BCI's so I wouldn't worry to much. Not knowing the feeding history so it is a guess but to me that one has lost the lengthy subadult look that most boas get so you maybe looking at about the adult size...but there are always exceptions.

Yes, it will get bigger than a rainbow! Let me see if I can find FrankyKeno's pic of her female RTB.... *searches*


Here we go

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

My dearest friend from back home in northern Michigan came down for an overnight visit to Toledo this week. She rescues and rehomes green Iguana's but doesn't own any snakes. Sherrie's always been interested in our collection though and was dying to meet Tequila, the new adult female BCI we recently adopted from Jamie Glass.

Miss Tequila was on her very best behaviour. Sherrie said if she'd only had a bigger purse, she'd have snuck out the door with her LOL.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rrieMay081.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rrieMay082.jpg

Just to give you a size reference, that couch they are sitting on is 7.5 feet long.

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